Arts

Reflections on contemporary Indonesia and Australia-Indonesia relations at the AsiaTOPA festival

Indonesian performances at the AsiaTOPA festival opened up ‘creative conversations’ between Australians and Indonesians

Reviewing the history behind and themes in Hanung Bramantyo's Kartini

Contemporary Indonesian painter Mahdi Abdullah exhibits Acehnese culture in Melbourne 

Indonesia’s foremost theatre director, the internationally acclaimed Iswadi Pratama, staged an extraordinary eight productions in 2016

The Fighting Art of Pencak Silat and Its Music reveals the multitude of martial arts practices and celebrations

Natali Pearson reviews two powerful dance works by Eko Supriyanto currently touring internationally

Kumpulan karya puisi memperingati jasa-jasa Kartini dalam perjuangan kaum wanita Indonesia.

Five poems celebrating Kartini and her contribution to Indonesia's feminist movement.

Indonesian literature is increasingly open to LGBT stories but the struggle to be heard remains

Performance groups negotiate between Islam and Sundanese tradition

Tradition and innovation in an OzAsia collaboration /

OzAsia festival illuminates the world of Indonesian performance and its social concerns 

A singer for all seasons at ease with many musical repertoires and traditions

Rappers express their music in a Javanese way in Yogyakarta

A look into Indonesian migrant women, identity, and cultural performances. 

 

Indonesia’s struggle to create a culture of reading

How UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage program transformed the batik neighbourhood of Laweyan